Canadian sales dropped a little in hot market

FCA Canada, the former Chrysler Canada, reported a 3% drop in sales, with retail staying flat and fleets falling 11%. The totals were 5,662 sales to fleets, 15,012 at retail, and a total of 20,674. Fleet sales were 27% of the total.

Ram was up 12%, driven more by a 14% hike in pickups. The big Dodges rose, as well, though 300 sales fell. As in the US, the Dart and 200 took big hits, falling by 55% and 37%, respectively. Pacifica sales were roughly half of last year’s Town & Country sales, while the Caravan dropped by just 7% (Journey sales also fell, by 33%).

At Jeep, Grand Cherokee sales grew by 25% and Cherokee by 7% — Cherokee is the clear leader, with more than double the sales of the #2 Grand — while every other model dropped, with Compass and Renegade hit the worst.

The Italian contingent did poorly, with ProMaster City dropping by 26% to 141 sales, and all Fiat and Alfa Romeo combined selling just 166 cars. A single Alfa Romeo 4C changed hands, and fewer than a dozen 500Ls left dealerships.

Overall, what would have been an unremarkably month seems more like a slide given a dramatic 31% rise by General Motors, to 28,523 sales and a clear first place finish, and an 18% gain by Ford. FCA had been running the #1 and #2 positions for some time; this month it ended at a distant #3. FCA is still beating GM year to date, 259,859 sales to GM’s 249,212.

Model

Nov ’16

Nov ’15

Change

YTD ’16

YTD ’15

Change

200

293

638

-54%

6,589

10,443

-37%

300

317

363

-13%

3,489

4,002

-13%

Town & Country

21

629

-97%

2,900

8,454

-66%

Pacifica

377

0

New

2,299

0

New

CHRYSLER

1,008

1,630

-38%

15,277

22,899

-33%

Dart

99

189

-48%

1,331

2,935

-55%

Avenger

0

0

0

8

-100%

Charger

317

119

166%

3,526

4,280

-18%

Challenger

139

88

58%

3,023

2,583

17%

Viper

8

1

700%

54

105

-49%

Journey

1,465

2,201

-33%

15,580

23,355

-33%

Caravan

3,809

4,111

-7%

48,033

42,660

13%

Durango

551

345

60%

5,914

3,419

73%

DODGE

6,388

7,054

-9%

77,461

79,345

-2%

Compass

221

503

-56%

3,770

3,472

9%

Patriot

435

488

-11%

7,984

8,843

-10%

Wrangler

1,090

1,213

-10%

17,735

19,413

-9%

Cherokee

2,916

2,729

7%

30,135

28,950

4%

Grand Cherokee

1,299

1,042

25%

14,231

10,619

34%

Renegade

237

337

-30%

3,704

1,957

89%

JEEP

6,198

6,312

-2%

77,559

73,254

6%

Pickup

6,542

5,762

14%

83,357

84,034

-1%

Cargo Van

0

1

-100%

0

836

-100%

PM Van

231

237

-3%

2,306

2,421

-5%

PM City

141

190

-26%

1,609

1,776

-9%

RAM

6,914

6,190

12%

87,272

89,067

-2%

Alfa 4C

1

4

-75%

83

89

-7%

500

65

96

-32%

947

2,834

-67%

500L

11

28

-61%

285

1,843

-85%

500X

59

49

20%

737

554

33%

Spider

30

0

New

238

0

New

FIAT+ALFA

166

177

-5%

2,290

5,320

-58%

Car+Minivan

5,487

6,266

-12%

72,797

80,236

-9%

SUV+CUV

8,273

8,907

-7%

99,790

100,582

-1%

Ram

6,914

6,190

12%

87,272

89,067

-2%

FCA CANADA

20,674

21,363

-3%

259,859

269,885

-4%

David Zatz founded Allpar in 1998 (based on a site he had begun in 1993-94), after years of writing reviews for retail trades. He has been quoted by the New York Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Detroit News, and USA Today. Before making Allpar a full-time career, he was a consultant in organizational psychology. You can reach him by using our contact form (much preferred) or by calling (313) 766-2304